Potatoes — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 1,207 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Namibia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Namibia stood at 1,207 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 1,285 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 80 ha, in 2000.
That places Namibia 124th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80 ha | — |
| 2001 | 155 ha | +93.8% |
| 2002 | 230 ha | +48.4% |
| 2003 | 310 ha | +34.8% |
| 2004 | 380 ha | +22.6% |
| 2005 | 460 ha | +21.1% |
| 2006 | 540 ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 690 ha | +27.8% |
| 2008 | 650 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 930 ha | +43.1% |
| 2010 | 950 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 1,129 ha | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 1,285 ha | +13.8% |
| 2016 | 1,138 ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 1,184 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 1,203 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,175 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,232 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 1,203 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 1,204 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,213 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,207 ha | -0.5% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 1,207 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 5% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 1,207 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 9% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +93.8% | 80 ha | 155 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 442.5 ha | 80 ha | 930 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,116 ha | 950 ha | 1,285 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,212 ha | 1,203 ha | 1,232 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Namibia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Namibia was 1,207 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,285 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 ha in 2000.
- How does Namibia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 124th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.